Just recently, more than 200 employees working under two Jim Beam distilleries in Kentucky have resulted to a strike after claiming that they have overworked in response to production demand; and the company has deprived them of a quality way of life. According to one of the employees, the compensation or money is not their main issue. They were assured to have a great salary raise amidst the massive work they needed to do at that time.
Employees Under Jim Beam Distilleries In Kentucky Go On Strike After Having Claimed To Be Overworked
However, the employees have complained that they are now working 80 hours a week, making them have lesser time to spend with their families. They asked the company to hire more workers instead, rather than using the existing workers as if robots that don't need any rest at all. According to MSN, the company offered a very competitive proposal to the employees but a greater percentage has rejected it, resulting to a strike.
Just recently, there has been a nationwide revival demand on the Kentucky bourbon and this caused the immediate massive workload being piled on the employees. However, the employees feel that the proposals made by the company with regards to their compensation did not lure the employees to allow themselves to work almost thrice as much as any regular employee. Even though the company already added temporary workers, there hasn't been any confirmation yet to their regularity under the company's employment regulations.
Contingency Plans Made By The Company May Solve Issues Regarding Losing Manpower
The employees are hoping that this will be settled shortly, or else the company will be losing profit at the loss of their employees. They insist that more people be brought in as regular employees, rather than hiring temporary ones and leaving the regular ones to carry on with the job at a great expense. However, there have been reports made by FOX News that given their current inventory list and a number of contingency plans, the company may not suffer as much as anticipated at the loss of these employees in two distilleries in Kentucky.
